By Jimmy Tuten When one through faith is baptized into Christ he becomes a “new creature” (Gal. 3:26-27; 2 Cor. 5:17). This brings with it the responsibility of growth expressed in Scripture as working out one’s salvation (Phil. 2:12). The maturing needed to become spiritually mature does not come spontaneously. It requires effort, self-denial, watchfulness and …
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By Harry R. Osborne The book of Hebrews clearly shows the correlation between suffering and the learning of obedience. The writer declares that Christ was perfected as the author of salvation through sufferings (Heb. 2:10) and that he “learned obedience by the things which he suffered” (Heb. 5:9). The writer exhorts the readers to follow Jesus’ …
By Joel Plunkett Three years ago I watched my lovely fourteen year-old daughter’s grades fall from A’s to D’s and her hands begin to tremble, causing her handwriting to deteriorate to scribbling. Her once healthy body began to shake to the point that she could not walk down a flight of stairs and eventually could not …
By Jimmy Tuten Experience drove home what I knew already: divorce always exacts a toll. In addition to the shame, the hurt, and the bewilderment of your children, there is also the trauma of having to cope with an upheaval that is far worse than the death of a loved one. The dramatic change in one’s …
